</snip> as they say
did you ever get any help explaining css?
just in case here's the ultra basics
you have selectors and declarations
selectors can be:
.classname (a class, to be applied to many objects)
#someid (a single object)
p (redefine an html element)
declarations combine to make a rule
background-color:red;
border-width:1px;
font-size:22px;

you combine declarations together and wrap them in a selector to make
rules, rules are applied to html element(s) that the selector matches.

then you can combine selectors to match specific element(s) and thus
style your document.

div p strong {
color:red;
}
div ul strong {
color:blue;
}

the first example will turn any text in a <strong> which is in a
<p>aragraph inside a <div> red.

while the second will turn any text in a <strong> which is in a <ul>
inside a <div> blue.

you can also use commas to give one declaration multiple selectors
table, image, div {
border-style:none;
}
the above will ensure all tables, images and divs have no border.
p strong, blockquote strong {
font-size:15px;
}

and the above will match all strongs inside either a <p> or a
<blockquote> and make the font size of them 15px.

we also have more selectors which are less commonly used
p > strong {
}
this will match any strong that is a direct descendant of a p
so it will match <p>this is <strong>something</strong> else</p>
but it won't match <p>this <span><strong>not matched</strong> at all</p>

then we have #id's and .classes; in html documents each item can have an
id attribute, id's should be unique as its an identifier (id) lol - so

#something {
text-align:center;
}
<div id="something"> the above would match this.. </div>
ids have the highest precedence, so if you had the following:
div {
text-align:left;
}
#something {
text-align:center;
}
<div> this would be aligned left </div>
<div id="something"> and this would be centered </div>

as for classes, they can be used with any element, and applied multiple
times.

.redText {
color:red;
}

<p> normal text but <span class="red">this is red</span> and back to
black</p>

and you can use multiple classes such as:
<p class="red padleft center myborder"> some content.. </p>
and then combine the selectors too
div p.red {
color:red;
font-weight:normal;
}
ul li.red {
color:red;
font-weight:bold;
}
so a <p class="red"> inside a div will be red
and a <ul><li class="red"> will be bold and red
help any?
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